Biomass Pretreatment Cafi Developments

Monday, November 9, 2009: 12:30 PM
Governor's Chamber C (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Description:
This session will provide updates from investigators in the Biomass Refining Consortium for Applied Fundamentals and Innovation (CAFI).


Sponsor:
Sustainable Biorefineries
Co-Sponsor(s):
Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division (17), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23)


Chair:
Richard Elander
Email: Richard_Elander@nrel.gov

Co-Chair:
Charles E. Wyman
Email: charles.wyman@ucr.edu


12:30 PM
(76a) Material Balance for Leading Pretreatment Processes Including Sugar Conversion Using Switchgrass as Feedstock
Rebecca J. Garlock, Leonardo da Costa Sousa, Bruce E. Dale and Venkatesh Balan

12:55 PM
(76b) Effects of Enzyme Loading and β-Glucosidase On Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Switchgrass Processed by Leading Pretreatment Technologies
V. Ramesh Pallapolu, Urvi D. Kothari, Y. Y. Lee, Charles Wyman, Bruce Dale, Richard T. Elander, Mark Holtzapple, Michael Ladisch, Ryan E. Warner and Steven R. Thomas

2:10 PM
(76e) Comparative Study On Enzymatic Digestibility of Upland and Lowland Switchgrass Varieties Processed by Leading Pretreatment Technologies
Youngmi Kim, Nathan S. Mosier, Michael R. Ladisch, Mark Holtzapple, Bruce Dale, Y. Y. Lee and Charles Wyman
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